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Arab rioters in Israel damage tourism center in Akko’s multicultural Old City Arab rioters in Israel damage tourism center in Akko’s multicultural Old City The center has served as a gateway for information and discovery about hundreds of destinations throughout the Galilee. Israeli-Arab rioters overturned display cabinets, threw rocks at windows, destroyed merchandise from local vendors and spilled an unknown substance on the floor of Jewish National Fund-USA’s (JNF-USA) Western Galilee ...

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Respect for religious sites and religions—not military might—is the only way forward, he says

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Arab-Jewish relations have, in recent years, seen a mix of setbacks and progress in Israel. Discriminatory laws have been passed and anti-Arab rhetoric employed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing allies. But there’s also been an unparalleled surge of Arab integration in universities, in the workforce, even in politics. Yet in an instant, the progress seems potentially undone by synagogues burned, Muslim cemeteries desecrated, lynching-style attacks, and ugly street figh...

Israeli-Arab rioters overturned display cabinets, threw rocks at windows, destroyed merchandise from local vendors and spilled an unknown substance on the floor of Jewish National Fund-USA’s (JNF-USA) Western Galilee Tourist Information Center. Photo: JNF-USA. JNS.org – Jewish National Fund-USA’s (JNF-USA) Western Galilee Tourist Information Center sustained significant damage overnight after it was ransacked by rioters in Israel’s northern city of Akko. The center, in the heart of Akko...

May 14, 2021 Israeli President Reuven Rivlin condemned as “unforgivable” the “bloodthirsty Arab mob” that “injured people, damaged property and even attacked sacred Jewish spaces” this week. By Israel Kasnett, JNS The Israel Police instituted a blanket curfew on the central Israeli town of Lod on Wednesday night after Arab rioters destroyed cars, businesses and synagogues the day before. Arabs continued to riot into the evening in other towns with large Arab populations, including A...

Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai (L) vs. MK Itamar Ben Gvir. On Thursday, MK Itamar Ben Gvir (Otzma Yehudit) had demanded the sacking of Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai even before the latter depicted him as one of the main culprits in the escalation of violence between Arabs and Jews in Israel’s mixed cities. Ben Gvir post on Facebook on Tuesday: “The sole responsibility for tonight’s events in Lod, Bat Yam, Tveria, and Akko lies with the police, who exhibited helplessness in dealing wi...

Gaza rockets continue pounding central Israel There is no end in sight to the conflict as Israel continues bombing Hamas buildings and infrastructure and killing its senior officers. Rocket salvos from Gaza into Israel continued through the night, raining down on the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, the southern coastal plain and the Sharon region as well as the towns and villages around the Gaza Strip. Sirens also sounded in the Lower Galilee but it turned out to be a false alarm. Rockets hit Holon...

Israel strikes northern Gaza, radicals retaliate by expanding missile launches According to Al-Jazeera TV channel, airstrikes are being carried out on the Sheikh Radwan quarter, the bodies of two people were recovered from under the rubble of a collapsed house © AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, file CAIRO, May 13. /TASS/. Israel launched rockets into northern Gaza City on Thursday morning. According to Al-Jazeera TV channel, airstrikes are being carried out on the Sheikh Radwan quarter. The bodies of ...